Portraying Analogy

Klappentext James Ross offers a comprehensive theory of analogy. Zusammenfassung In the first full treatment of the subject since the fifteenth century! James Ross argues that analogy is a systematic and universal feature of natural languages! with identifiable and law-like characteristics which explain how the meanings of words in a sentence are interdependent. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. The limitations of classical analogy theory and the Miller's Analogies transition; 2. The genus: meaning differentiation; 3. Predicate schemes: an explanatory model; 4. Equivocation, analogy and metaphor; 5. Denominative analogy and paronymy; 6. Figurative discourse; 7. Analogy and religious discourse: craftbound discourse; 8. Analogy and analysis; Notes; Bibliography; Indexes.

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• Authors: J. F. Ross, James F. Ross
• Assisted by: James F. Ross (Editor), Ross James F. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2009
• EAN: 9780521110860
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11086-0
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Analytic, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism